Joseph Dassas Has Seen It
All
In Dangerous Pursuit of Riches

LUBUMBASHI, Congo -- Joseph Dassas knows better than most how the pursuit of riches in Congo can be bloody murder.

During a separatist uprising here in the southern province of Katanga in 1978, the Belgian chemical engineer and his family narrowly escaped a massacre of at least 140 foreigners at the Kolwezi copper mine.